Re: two tape libraries with one configuration

2017-07-18 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
That sounds good. I'm on Amanda 3.3.6, but I just downloaded the source for 3.4.5, and I can build that. Any issues with building 3.4.5 over the top of 3.3.6? With all the changes/additions to 3.4, I guess I'll be spending some quality time with man pages. ;-) On 7/17/17 5:14 PM, Jean-Louis

Re: two tape libraries with one configuration

2017-07-17 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
OK. So, for a more general question, how do people configure and use multiple drives in a tape library? How does Amanda plan for them and make use of them? How do you tell Amanda that it should use one tape in one drive and another tape in the other drive as opposed to finishing one tape and

Re: two tape libraries with one configuration

2017-07-17 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
It can only be done with amanda 3.4, where you can define 2 storage and put on the dumptype on which storage you want the dump to go. Jean-Louis On 14/07/17 05:38 PM, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: I've just acquired and set up a new Overland T48 with two LTO7 tape drives. I already have an

Re: two tape libraries with one configuration

2017-07-17 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 05:38:49PM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > I've just acquired and set up a new Overland T48 with two LTO7 tape drives. > > I already have an Overland T24 with one LTO6 tape drive that I've been using > for a few years. > > I plan on transitioning our large data to the

two tape libraries with one configuration

2017-07-14 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
I've just acquired and set up a new Overland T48 with two LTO7 tape drives. I already have an Overland T24 with one LTO6 tape drive that I've been using for a few years. I plan on transitioning our large data to the LTO7 and thought I might keep the basic administrative backups on the LTO6,